Powerful earthquake flattens villages on Pakistan-India border, killing 86,000 people 20 years ago this hour (Oct 8 2005)

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Video: 'Kashmir Earthquake 2005: A Tale of Resilience and Survival'

(Saturday, October 8, 2005, 8:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time) — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan this morning sent tremors across South Asia, killing an estimated 86,000 people.


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